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Should I ship an Action Roguelike Boomer Shooter?

Boomer Shooter + Action Roguelike

Of 78 developers who shipped an Action Roguelike Boomer Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 93 more are announced, ×2.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $390; 1 in 20 cleared $730k, ×1175 the market median. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 93 games are announced against 46 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.4 times the market baseline, revenue down 15% on the market, 93 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Boomer Shooter + Action Roguelike
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 78
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $5.7k → $5.5k → $1.8k → $2.3k → $657 (still earning) → $4.1k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Boomer Shooter + Action Roguelike: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 78
Bottom 30% $390 (exactly $390)
Median $2.2k (exactly $2,159)
Top 25% $22k (exactly $21,733)
Top 5% $738k (exactly $737,705)
Developers, 2 yr 78
Released games 120
Announced 93
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 15% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Boomer Shooter
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Action Roguelike
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Boomer Shooter, Action Roguelike; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelite, Action, FPS
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Stylized
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 22,797 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $390, median $2.2k, 1 in 4 over $21k, 1 in 20 over $730k.

3 in 10 developers made under $390. 7 in 10 of the 40 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 93 games are announced against 46 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Boomer Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Co-opFair16 devs · median $6.9k · 24 announced
  2. + WarFair19 devs · median $5.9k · 22 announced
  3. + DemonsFair51 devs · median $3.6k · 56 announced
  4. + Bullet TimeFair30 devs · median $1.7k · 30 announced
  5. + Psychological HorrorFair24 devs · median $1.3k · 29 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair50 devs · median $659 · 47 announced
  7. + Bullet HellFair109 devs · median $599 · 77 announced
  8. + SpaceFair39 devs · median $539 · 43 announced
  9. + Survival HorrorFair27 devs · median $449 · 28 announced
  10. + SurvivalLong shot39 devs · median $359 · 32 announced
  11. + Hero ShooterLong shot30 devs · median $210 · 21 announced
  12. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds36 devs · median $12k · 52 announced

All 61 pairs on the Boomer Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SULFUR 2024 · EA · $7.2M BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020 · $5.8M Mortal Sin 2025 · $4.2M Immortal Redneck 2017 · $1.3M COMPOUND 2022 · $1.2M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SULFUR · EA $24.99 9,641 87% 289k $7.2M (exactly $7,227,858) Perfect Random
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE older $19.99 9,598 91% 288k $5.8M (exactly $5,755,921) Awe Interactive
Mortal Sin $24.99 5,583 94% 167k $4.2M (exactly $4,185,575) Nikola Todorovic
Immortal Redneck older $19.95 2,211 90% 66k $1.3M (exactly $1,323,284) Crema
COMPOUND older $19.99 2,057 97% 62k $1.2M (exactly $1,233,583) Bevan McKechnie
ROBOBEAT older $19.99 1,708 94% 51k $1.0M (exactly $1,024,288) Simon Fredholm
Ziggurat 2 older $24.99 1,292 90% 39k $969k (exactly $968,612) Milkstone Studios
Vampire Hunters $14.99 1,941 89% 58k $873k (exactly $872,868) Gamecraft Studios
MOTHERGUNSHIP older $24.99 1,088 77% 33k $816k (exactly $815,674) Terrible Posture Games, Grip Digital
STRAFE: Gold Edition older $14.99 1,753 73% 53k $788k (exactly $788,324) Pixel Titans
Battle Shapers $24.99 984 80% 30k $738k (exactly $737,705) Metric Empire
Bloodshed $12.99 1,824 84% 55k $711k (exactly $710,813) com8com1 Software
ODDCORE · EA $12.99 1,080 96% 32k $421k (exactly $420,876) ODDCORP
Serious Sam: Shatterverse $19.99 648 50% 19k $389k (exactly $388,606) Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Soulslinger: Envoy of Death $19.99 472 63% 14k $283k (exactly $283,058) Elder Games
Voidborn $12.99 349 81% 10k $136k (exactly $136,005) Xekvera
HELLBREAK $14.99 275 76% 8.3k $124k (exactly $123,668) Double Barrel Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.